Bread: Baking by Hand or Bread Machine by Eric Treuille and Ursula Ferrigno

  • Plain or basic white bread (Pain ordinaire) (page 72)

    from Bread Bread by Eric Treuille and Ursula Ferrigno

    • Categories: Bread & rolls, savory; French; Vegan
    • Ingredients: dried yeast; strong white flour
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  • German country-style rye bread (Landbrot)

    • manycookbooks on March 10, 2019

      This recipe is seriously flawed, unless I missed something. After making the starter, which, despite fresh yeast, did not become very "bubbly", the instructions follow to make the dough. Step 2 indicates that you should "mix the flours in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add the dissolved yeast and starter" (so far, so good). After mixing, the mixture is supposed to be a "thick batter", but it's more like a heavy bowl of sludge. It did not "sponge" and get frothy! Even worse, in step 4, you are to add the "fermented batter" and "mix in the flour"! Excuse me, but didn't we already do that in step 2? The entire recipe is very poorly described and I needn't tell you about the dismal result! Not only does the dough need "proofing" correctly, but the recipe needs "proofreading"!

  • Carrot bread

    • IowanCorn on February 13, 2025

      Tasty, and made really good toast. I did make the dough in a bread machine, as explained in the beginning of the book, but I think I let it overproof in the loaf pan. I think it would be easier if I had just cooked it on basic loaf setting in the machine.

  • Pumpkin bread

    • SugarFree_Vegan on April 29, 2020

      A really good way to stretch (no pun intended!) your flour out if you don't have much left. I had an old can of pumpkin puree that I used and froze the remaining pumpkin for a cake maybe. A great looking bread, makes a much softer loaf too.

  • Cranberry nut loaf

    • IowanCorn on November 29, 2024

      A decent, if very basic cranberry bread. Doesn't contain any orange flavor - juice or zest - so I added a teaspoon of orange zest. I think there are better recipes out there.

  • Jamaican banana bread

    • IowanCorn on March 02, 2025

      I needed to use up some bananas which were going brown, so I decided to give this one a try. It's a very basic banana bread, a very solid recipe, but I'm not sure what makes it 'Jamaican'. Only change I'd make is mixing the nuts into the batter instead of just sprinkling them on top.

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Reviews about this book

  • Farmgirl Fare

    If you learn best by looking at pictures, then this is definitely the book for you...And while it's a perfect book for beginners...many experienced bakers would also enjoy it.

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  • ISBN 10 1405305118
  • ISBN 13 9781405305112
  • Published Apr 01 2004
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 168
  • Language English
  • Edition 2nd Revised edition
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd

Publishers Text

Eric Treuille's guide to bread-making makes the art accessible to the home cook. He has included over 100 recipes from all over the world and graphically demonstrates the techniques required in a series of step-by-step photographs.

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